Jon Stewart as a Debate Moderator? Yes, Please! Jon Stewart as a Debate Moderator? Yes, Please!
We need more primary and general election debates, featuring more candidates, more issues and bolder moderators.
Aug 21, 2015 / John Nichols
The Lives of Others The Lives of Others
We’ve built ourselves this crowd-sourced panopticon, and now we have to live in it.
Aug 21, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
No Surprise: Trump Is a Union Buster at His Own Hotel No Surprise: Trump Is a Union Buster at His Own Hotel
Amid the buffoonery of Donald Trump’s campaign, workers at his Vegas hotel are demanding justice.
Aug 21, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter
If a sportswriter from 50 years ago traveled to 2015, they would think the world had been turned on its head.
Aug 21, 2015 / Dave Zirin
August 21, 1940: Leon Trotsky Dies August 21, 1940: Leon Trotsky Dies
“The blood feud between the two revolutionaries went on to the end.”
Aug 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP
And Senator Sherrod Brown is blocking a key Obama nominee to show it.
Aug 20, 2015 / George Zornick
Iran Is Not the Greatest Threat to World Peace Iran Is Not the Greatest Threat to World Peace
There’s a clear way to ensure a nuclear-free Middle East, but Washington is not interested.
Aug 20, 2015 / Noam Chomsky
Lincoln Chafee Keeps Ripping ‘Delusional’ Neocons and Democrats Who Compromise With Them Lincoln Chafee Keeps Ripping ‘Delusional’ Neocons and Democrats Who Compromise With Them
This Democratic contender is skeptical about wars, enthusiastic about diplomacy. And he has a disruptive sense of history.
Aug 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Defend Planned Parenthood Against Republican Attacks Defend Planned Parenthood Against Republican Attacks
After anti-choice activists released a misleading video, Republicans are intent on defunding Planned Parenthood—once again putting women’s access to much-needed health care at risk...
Aug 20, 2015 / NationAction
August 20, 1998: The US Bombs a Suspected Qaeda-Run Chemical Plant in Sudan August 20, 1998: The US Bombs a Suspected Qaeda-Run Chemical Plant in Sudan
“It’s not the cigar, stupid. It’s the cruise missiles launched to cover the shame.”
Aug 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner